While he obviously doesn't know/understand how to describe it, I recognize what he is talking about. I have often had my XP machine just slow to a crawl. Going into task manager and looking for the hog, there isn't any, just the system idle process tooling along at 98% just like it normally does when you aren't doing anything, in other words CPU utilization of about 2%.
So no running process is grabbing the CPU (at least not that the performance monitering can see), and looking at disk usage, nothing is going crazy there either.
So something is going on to slow the machine down, without visibly using CPU or disk I/O (lock contention perhaps??).
Mr. Doohan starred in a movie adaptation of the book "Flight into Danger" (later re-titled "Runway 08") by Arthor Hailey. Sort of a first cut at writing "Airport"
In the movie, Mr. Doohan played the passenger of an airliner who took over the controls of an airliner after the pilot and copilot fell ill with food poisoning after both ate the fish. And yes he was a former fighter pilot in WWII.
If this sounds familiar it should, as Airplane! was (very) loosely based on the same book, as well as satirizing "Airport".
Yes I do mean that. And don't call me Shirley.
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If you read the article, you will see that he doesn't use the RADAR part of the marine radar, just the housing of the display.
Because the prosecution can't walk into court and say we got these finger prints from a typewriter in so and so's house. They have to be able to produce the typewriter as part of the evidence in a trial.
Legally (theoretically) (yeah right) they are ONLY allowed to spy on foreign citizens/governments. The CIA jurisdiction is supposedly restricted to outside the borders of the U.S. (If those foreign governments/citizens object to being spied on by the U.S. it is up to them to try and obstruct such spying (counter-espionage)).
The FBI has the jurisdiction for spying within the borders of the U.S.
Pre-crash post on FARK:
2004-09-08 11:49:26 AM Fool_Marquis
Okay... i'm taking bets: bets this will go off withoiut a hitch: odds are 1-1.2
Bets he dosn't catch it: 1-12
bets black copter behind him catches it: 1-35
bets it slams into the ground without the 'chute even deploying: 1-100.
place 'em now.
People aren't getting stupider, it's just that as the entry level for getting on to the Internet (intelligence wise more so than money wise) is getting lower and lower, so more stupid people are getting on the bus.
As the ratio of stupid to intellegent rises, the signal to noise ratio falls.
It is only interfering with the free speech rights of others, who you might not disagree with. br> This is like believing that random searches don't affect average people because they haven't done anything illegal.
This is just pathetic. People who complain about the policies of the GOP being eroding rights of free speech etc. turn around and try to deny the right of free speech to others.
In the article it quotes losersXXXXXXhackers as advocating breaking into RNC computers and networks to steal and destroy information.Gee, isn't that what brought Nixon down. Only back then they had to physically break into the DNC offices. Watergate anyone?
Real quote from the former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien....
"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven."
And no, he wasn't turfed out, he retired after approx. 10 years and 3 successful election campaigns.
Related to adventure is challenge. Did van Allan perform all his research into radiation etc. because it was a way to pay the bills or because of the challenge of exploring unkowns?
It would appear that his fire and imagination has gone out.
Some people scratch that itch for challenge and adventure by crunching the numbers. Good for them. Others feel the need to get out there and discover new things up close and personal. Good for them to.
Humanity involves humans. If we ever get to the point where we choose to only use robots to do things, humanity will then slowly and inexorably fossilize.
Oh, please, why do you think accidents like this occur in the firt place (more specifically the Challenger where an engineer was ignored when he said it was to cold to fly). PR departments put out spin pure and simple. While inside sources (whistle blowers) need to be well vetted for vendettas etc. they do need to be heard.
Actually RAH was writing about inter-stellar warfare, not interplaenetary.
Another more interesting RAH comment was that he fully expects sapce to be colonized, but the way things were going he wouldn't be surprised if the language of colonization was Chines.
From an article on KMSB-TV
This history of space missions has been written with solid- or liquid-fuel rockets.
Solid-fuel rockets are simple, reliable and inexpensive, but thrust at only one speed, can't be shut down, and produce toxic exhaust.
Liquid-fuel rockets can be throttled to control thrust and turned off and on, but are highly complex and less reliable.
Hybrid technology combines the advantages of both types of fuel, but can be made more cheaply and with more environmentally benign materials, said Brad Linenberger, a senior in aerospace and mechanical engineering.
"The components themselves are safer, because the solid fuel is basically tire rubber and the liquid fuel is nitrous oxide, which is just laughing gas" liquefied under pressure, Linenberger said. "The stuff they put in solid rockets to keep them burning, you don't want to be inhaling that stuff."
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While he obviously doesn't know/understand how to describe it, I recognize what he is talking about. I have often had my XP machine just slow to a crawl. Going into task manager and looking for the hog, there isn't any, just the system idle process tooling along at 98% just like it normally does when you aren't doing anything, in other words CPU utilization of about 2%.
So no running process is grabbing the CPU (at least not that the performance monitering can see), and looking at disk usage, nothing is going crazy there either.
So something is going on to slow the machine down, without visibly using CPU or disk I/O (lock contention perhaps??).
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I was referring to the role he played in the movie!
Mr. Doohan starred in a movie adaptation of the book "Flight into Danger" (later re-titled "Runway 08") by Arthor Hailey. Sort of a first cut at writing "Airport" In the movie, Mr. Doohan played the passenger of an airliner who took over the controls of an airliner after the pilot and copilot fell ill with food poisoning after both ate the fish. And yes he was a former fighter pilot in WWII. If this sounds familiar it should, as Airplane! was (very) loosely based on the same book, as well as satirizing "Airport". Yes I do mean that. And don't call me Shirley.
If you read the article, you will see that he doesn't use the RADAR part of the marine radar, just the housing of the display.
Because the prosecution can't walk into court and say we got these finger prints from a typewriter in so and so's house. They have to be able to produce the typewriter as part of the evidence in a trial.
Legally (theoretically) (yeah right) they are ONLY allowed to spy on foreign citizens/governments. The CIA jurisdiction is supposedly restricted to outside the borders of the U.S. (If those foreign governments/citizens object to being spied on by the U.S. it is up to them to try and obstruct such spying (counter-espionage)). The FBI has the jurisdiction for spying within the borders of the U.S.
Now the Lensmen novels would make great movies (mind you the mysoginism (sic?) wouldn't play very well today).
Pre-crash post on FARK: 2004-09-08 11:49:26 AM Fool_Marquis Okay... i'm taking bets: bets this will go off withoiut a hitch: odds are 1-1.2 Bets he dosn't catch it: 1-12 bets black copter behind him catches it: 1-35 bets it slams into the ground without the 'chute even deploying: 1-100. place 'em now.
People aren't getting stupider, it's just that as the entry level for getting on to the Internet (intelligence wise more so than money wise) is getting lower and lower, so more stupid people are getting on the bus. As the ratio of stupid to intellegent rises, the signal to noise ratio falls.
It is only interfering with the free speech rights of others, who you might not disagree with. br>
This is like believing that random searches don't affect average people because they haven't done anything illegal.
This is just pathetic. People who complain about the policies of the GOP being eroding rights of free speech etc. turn around and try to deny the right of free speech to others.
In the article it quotes losersXXXXXXhackers as advocating breaking into RNC computers and networks to steal and destroy information.Gee, isn't that what brought Nixon down. Only back then they had to physically break into the DNC offices. Watergate anyone?
Well, if Alec Baldwin thinks it's great, it must be!
Seriously, this is a very good project, but why we must bring celebrities in to endorse it is beyond me.
So does Firefox!
Real quote from the former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien.... "A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." And no, he wasn't turfed out, he retired after approx. 10 years and 3 successful election campaigns.
Related to adventure is challenge. Did van Allan perform all his research into radiation etc. because it was a way to pay the bills or because of the challenge of exploring unkowns? It would appear that his fire and imagination has gone out. Some people scratch that itch for challenge and adventure by crunching the numbers. Good for them. Others feel the need to get out there and discover new things up close and personal. Good for them to. Humanity involves humans. If we ever get to the point where we choose to only use robots to do things, humanity will then slowly and inexorably fossilize.
Oh, please, why do you think accidents like this occur in the firt place (more specifically the Challenger where an engineer was ignored when he said it was to cold to fly). PR departments put out spin pure and simple. While inside sources (whistle blowers) need to be well vetted for vendettas etc. they do need to be heard.
See Heinlein's novel Time Enough For Love - the section titled The Tale of The Adopted Daughter for a rational explanation of 2.
Heinlein also had prostitutes being very high in the social hierarchy of many of his novels, including Time Enough For Love.
Actually RAH was writing about inter-stellar warfare, not interplaenetary. Another more interesting RAH comment was that he fully expects sapce to be colonized, but the way things were going he wouldn't be surprised if the language of colonization was Chines.
From an article on KMSB-TV This history of space missions has been written with solid- or liquid-fuel rockets. Solid-fuel rockets are simple, reliable and inexpensive, but thrust at only one speed, can't be shut down, and produce toxic exhaust. Liquid-fuel rockets can be throttled to control thrust and turned off and on, but are highly complex and less reliable. Hybrid technology combines the advantages of both types of fuel, but can be made more cheaply and with more environmentally benign materials, said Brad Linenberger, a senior in aerospace and mechanical engineering. "The components themselves are safer, because the solid fuel is basically tire rubber and the liquid fuel is nitrous oxide, which is just laughing gas" liquefied under pressure, Linenberger said. "The stuff they put in solid rockets to keep them burning, you don't want to be inhaling that stuff."